Sentences with phrase «use in bankruptcy cases»

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The mortgage mess also resulted in many bankruptcy matters, especially Chapter 13 cases, as home owners used the bankruptcy court as a mechanism to save their homes from foreclosure and to eliminate any excess debt.

By some measure of God's grace I somehow had preserved and kept a lot of what I was going to use in proving my undue hardship case in bankruptcy number three.

In some cases, if you want to protect your home and you are filing with your spouse, using the federal bankruptcy exemptions will be the best option for you.

Jane vowed to only use cash for all purchases so that she would never be in the position again where she might have to contemplate filing a bankruptcy case.

These next three scenarios were provided by bankruptcy attorneys, who used fictional names for the clients in describing the bankruptcy cases.

So in the example I wrote about in a hypothetical chapter 7 case, above, in the same case, but using chapter 13 as the vehicle to obtain a bankruptcy discharge, the chapter 13 debtor will need to pay $ 7500 over the lifetime of the chapter 13 plan in order to pay all unsecured debt and obtain a discharge.

Its founder says it is like TurboTax for bankruptcy cases, in that it uses guided forms to help attorneys move through the preparation of bankruptcy documents.

We structured a settlement of both cases in which the assets under attachment by our client would be used to fund the bankruptcy plan, resulting in payment in full to our client on its settled claim.

Solmon, representing Kaiser, said the information is protected by solicitor - client privilege, since it could potentially be used to prejudice his client's case in the wider bankruptcy proceedings.

On one hand, Andrew Fastow — who served up his wife as a sacrifical lamb for his embezzlement of millions from Enron that triggered one of the largest bankruptcy cases in U.S. history, who used the NatWest Three to hide his embezzlement of millions more and then turned on the U.K. bankers to save his skin, who very well may have forged Richard Causey's initials on the Global Galatic «agreement,» whose bizarre testimony during the Lay - Skilling trial was largely discounted by jurors and who had a large hand in ruining the careers of four innocent Merrill Lynch executives in order to lessen his prison sentence — is sentenced to six years in prison.

«If anyone has any actual examples of bankruptcy debtors using «asset protection trusts» to shield large amounts of assets in bankruptcy, and bankruptcy courts allowing them to do it, I would appreciate the cites to the cases.

Back in the old days we used to make five photocopies of a bankruptcy petition (one for our files, one for the Trustee, one for the US Trustee, one for the national archives, and one for the court) and then rush to the federal courthouse to file the case before a garnishment or foreclosure took place.

When you set - up a new client file, file a bankruptcy, or end a case, you do so using processes, which are most likely in your head and may not be well documented.

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In the article, Mr. Boyajian reviews conflicting case law concerning the use, by debtors in possession and bankruptcy trustees, of expanded statutes of limitations available to governmental entities in challenging fraudulent transferIn the article, Mr. Boyajian reviews conflicting case law concerning the use, by debtors in possession and bankruptcy trustees, of expanded statutes of limitations available to governmental entities in challenging fraudulent transferin possession and bankruptcy trustees, of expanded statutes of limitations available to governmental entities in challenging fraudulent transferin challenging fraudulent transfers.

In both cases, the SCC decided the provincial legislation is constitutionally inoperative to the extent it was used to enforce a debt discharged in bankruptcIn both cases, the SCC decided the provincial legislation is constitutionally inoperative to the extent it was used to enforce a debt discharged in bankruptcin bankruptcy.

In some cases additional services may be subject to alternative terms of use (as identified by The Cochran Firm Atlanta Bankruptcy), and your use of any such services will constitute your acceptance of such alternative terms of use.

In addition, because state law often determines property rights in bankruptcy, see Butner, 440 U.S. at 55, one should use the applicable annotated state code to research the state law at issue and to identify relevant caseIn addition, because state law often determines property rights in bankruptcy, see Butner, 440 U.S. at 55, one should use the applicable annotated state code to research the state law at issue and to identify relevant casein bankruptcy, see Butner, 440 U.S. at 55, one should use the applicable annotated state code to research the state law at issue and to identify relevant cases.

What a careful observer notices from monitoring SPC media is that those involved with reform of discrete areas of Chinese legislation and judicial practice continue (in the pre / post 19th Party Congress era) to look at US federal / state law (and other foreign law) structures and practices, including: use of mediation in federal appeals cases; bankruptcy practice; reform of Chinese nuclear safety legislation to broaden the scope of information released to the public, that is in specific areas that do not involve basic principles of the Chinese courts.

Since the publication of the first edition the use of set - off as a mechanism for risk reduction in cross-border financial contracts has continued to increase and the global financial crisis has meant that cases of bankruptcy and insolvency are more common than ever.

In that category I would put the two Wermuth cases, (No 1)[2003] 1 FLR 1022 and (No 2)[2003] 1 FLR 1029 (where we failed to secure English jurisdiction in a test of the then - new Brussels I and Brussels II Regulations) and Weymeyer [2001] 2 FLR 84, where we failed to convince the English judge to allow a maintenance creditor to use bankruptcy to enforce arrearIn that category I would put the two Wermuth cases, (No 1)[2003] 1 FLR 1022 and (No 2)[2003] 1 FLR 1029 (where we failed to secure English jurisdiction in a test of the then - new Brussels I and Brussels II Regulations) and Weymeyer [2001] 2 FLR 84, where we failed to convince the English judge to allow a maintenance creditor to use bankruptcy to enforce arrearin a test of the then - new Brussels I and Brussels II Regulations) and Weymeyer [2001] 2 FLR 84, where we failed to convince the English judge to allow a maintenance creditor to use bankruptcy to enforce arrears.

In this case, the motion judges» three factual findings of: (i) the need for the father to pursue lengthy custody and access litigation in order to have any relationship with his children; (ii) the mother's failure to pay anything toward the costs ordered by the Court of Appeal; and (iii) the fact that the mother thwarted the enforcement of the costs award by reneging on assurances she made to the court about her intent to pay the costs and not use bankruptcy to thwart that payment, ground the finding of prejudicIn this case, the motion judges» three factual findings of: (i) the need for the father to pursue lengthy custody and access litigation in order to have any relationship with his children; (ii) the mother's failure to pay anything toward the costs ordered by the Court of Appeal; and (iii) the fact that the mother thwarted the enforcement of the costs award by reneging on assurances she made to the court about her intent to pay the costs and not use bankruptcy to thwart that payment, ground the finding of prejudicin order to have any relationship with his children; (ii) the mother's failure to pay anything toward the costs ordered by the Court of Appeal; and (iii) the fact that the mother thwarted the enforcement of the costs award by reneging on assurances she made to the court about her intent to pay the costs and not use bankruptcy to thwart that payment, ground the finding of prejudice.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Provided administrative and technical support to multiple law firms Scheduled activities for intellectual property, bankruptcy, and corporate attorneys Created and distributed weekly and monthly calendars containing case deadlines Obtained working knowledge of the Federal and local rules of Civil Procedure Performed legal research using multiple industry search engines and databases Assisted attorneys with conflict of interest inquiries, strategy, and special projects Filed legal documents in federal, state, county, city, and appellate courts Oversaw case developments and prepared status reports for legal team Scanned, proofread, edited, and converted legal documents into Adobe PDF files for printing and archival purposes Oversaw all firm incoming and outgoing mail processes Directed and maintained large scale military computer systems Received multiple awards for excellent service record

Professional Accomplishments Provided administrative and technical support to multiple law firms Scheduled activities for intellectual property, bankruptcy, and corporate attorneys Created and distributed weekly and monthly calendars containing case deadlines Obtained working knowledge of the Federal and local rules of Civil Procedure Performed legal research using multiple industry search engines and databases Assisted attorneys with conflict of interest inquiries, strategy, and special projects Filed legal documents in federal, state, county, city, and appellate courts Oversaw case developments and prepared status reports for legal team Scanned, proofread, edited, and converted legal documents into Adobe PDF files for printing and archival purposes Oversaw all firm incoming and outgoing mail processes Directed and maintained large scale military computer systems Received multiple awards for excellent service record